on a lighter note, here's the yarn that came from my dyed batts. there was absolutely no problem spinning them except for a few spots that weren't carded as smoothly as i'd liked, but other than that, this yarn came out fabulous. nice and super thin, and i haven't yet measured the yardage yet, but i know that it's at least 500 yards - probably a good 550.

the color isn't quite what i had expected, even though i still like it a lot. i expected it to be a lot lighter, but it was so thin that it darkened up quite a bit. also, since i was spinning from a batt, i tended to start spinning from the fold because it's quicker and easier and requires less concentration, but that made really weird color blends that weren't so great.

the third thing for next time is to make smaller skeins. this took forever from start to finish, just like pink elephant did. next time i'll either spin two smaller skeins or just sell one set of the batts, or something. i was literally in pain after finishing plying this beast. NEVER AGAIN!

the other photos are on flickr but there's no info yet. i'll do that later. sometime i'll post a little process post, because i know some people are interested in/curious about the whole batt dyeing thing.

Labels: carding, fiber, spinning, yarn

aw, shit. kurt vonnegut died.

my favorite quote ever, from Timequake, on the topic of evolution: "No matter what is doing the creating, I have to say that the giraffe and the rhinoceros are ridiculous."

Labels: funerals, sad

1. Go to google.com.

2. Click on Maps.

3. Click on Get Directions.

4. From: New York, New York.

5. To: Paris, France.

6. Then, read line #23.

7. Laugh.

8. Repost.

Labels: funny

while i'm being an antisocial ass, i still read LJ daily, and do still have a sense of humor: haha!

but what deserves a wholehearted ROFL is this: first two comments.

ps: is anyone still watching LOST? wtf are we doing? i'm both frightened for and excited about the final season.

Labels: bad mood, funny

if you happen to come upon this thing and it looks totally craptastic, please bear with me. it's because i'm trying to make it match the rest of the site and i fell asleep or something in the middle of changing templates. SRY!

did i mention how BA it is that when you switch to the new blogger you get tags? unless i just hadn't used blogger in so long that tags were implemented without my knowledge. WHATEVER. they're awesome.

edit: you know what's NOT awesome? the fact that i had FINALLY found a program that would crosspost to LJ and blogger, and now that blogger is the "new" blogger, it doesn't work anymore. wtf, seriously. i HATE having to login to two separate sites to copy and paste and reformat the same stuff. ARG! why has no one invented this yet? if they have, why can't i find it!???

Labels: design

o hay, i updated ur domain

yeah i did that finally, and it's not 100% yet. the ULTIMATE goal is to integrate this blog into the site so that everything looks the same (YOU KNOW i am anal in this way), but as much as it pains me to have them separate i can wait a little bit.

that's really it. i had to sub at the elementary school yesterday, and that was not awesome. they called again for it today and i said no. i'm willing to do a lot of things, but elementary school is not one of them.

i need to do more yarn, but i've been feeling so unmotivated lately. blech.

Labels: school, site

i think the thing that annoys me the most about the internet is that i've had this domain for years and years, and i can't just do what i want to do. spam is absolutely out of control, and no matter what is done to combat it, the same douchebags are always thinking up a new way to get around it.

i had to give up on my simple greymatter blog a while ago, and when i went to check why my server had no space left anymore, it was because it was being relentlessly spammed in the comments. WTF!

i mean, in conclusion, i'm going to get fip up and running again with something other than this lame excuse for content, but i just wanted to tell you why i'm so upset. i really miss the people and the contents and the comments and the stuff! i really miss those days. i'm working on it.

Labels: spam